High Court Asked To Review Transgender Policy

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to review rulings by lower courts that have prevented the implementation of a ban on military service by transgender persons.

The Nov. 23 request, filed by the Justice Department before the high court, specifically asks the justices to review decisions made by a federal court in Washington State in 2017, and upheld by the 9thU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals roughly a year later. Three other rulings court rulings also essentially stopped the transgender ban, but on a temporary basis pending the final outcomes of the appellate processes.

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The action drew sharp criticism from advocacy groups, who argue that the Supreme Court should not consider the pending cases until they are resolved in the lower courts.